New York's Dirty Dozen and Dozens
Huntley Funded Group Protest Arrests of the Senators Aids for Member Item Corruption
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church coalition protesting the arrest of a top aide to Queens Sen.
Shirley Huntley and three other people for allegedly misusing taxpayer
money has itself received taxpayer money from Huntley. Clergy United for
Community Empowerment has received $70,000 in member items from Huntley
since 2007, according to government transparency website Project
Sunlight. Last week, the church group announced plans to rally outside a
Nassau County courthouse Feb. 1 to protest the indictments of Patricia
Savage, a legislative aide to Huntley, and three other individuals –
Lynn Smith, Roger Scotland and David Gantt. The four were indicted last
month by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on charges they falsified
documents to steal $30,000 in taxpayer money meant for an education
nonprofit. Lelani Clark, a spokeswoman for the coalition, said she
couldn’t comment on whether the group should have disclosed its
connections to Huntley in announcing plans to rally in support of the
senator’s aide. “The focus of that press release was the rally,” Clark
said. “I don’t have any comment on that.” A spokesman for Huntley also
declined comment.(C&S)
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